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The Master Timeline is useful for organizing media for which no editing has yet been done, such
as when grading digital dailies. The Master Timeline is also useful for identifying a range of
similar clips, based on their similar ranges of timecode. For example, you could find all the
talking head shots from a particular section of tape clustered together in the Master Timeline.
Using the Effects Library
All effects that you can add to your edit, including filters, transitions, titles, and generators, are
found in the Effects Library, which is split into two parts. To the left is a bin list that shows a
hierarchical list of all of the different Transitions, Title Effects, Generators, and Filters that are
available, sorted by category. To the right is a browsing area in which you can see the contents
of whichever bins are selected.
The Effects Library
Similar to the Media Pool, the Effects Library’s bin list can be opened or closed using a button
at the top left, while a menu just to the right of this button lets you sort the list into
different categories.
The Toolbox
All of the video and audio transitions, titles, and generators that ship along with DaVinci Resolve
appear in the Toolbox category of the Effects Library.
Toolbox: Exposes all Transitions, Titles, Generators, and Effects at once.
Video Transitions: Contains all of the built-in transitions that are available from
DaVinci Resolve. You can drag any video transition to any edit point in the Timeline
that has overlapping clip handles to add it to your edit; you have the option to drag
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